Shallow plate nicely decorated with red-orange banding, contrasting well with the pale brown clay.
The center and the edge to the slightly raised rim with neatly incised grooves. Concentric ridges also on the outside face. Standing on a low ring foot.
Ceramic
Daunian, Sub Geometric III, 4th century BC
D. 19.3 cm (7.6 in)
Intact and fine. Fresh preservation of the applied colors with minor wear in places...

Apulian plate of shallow floor with a low sloping rim with flattened top. Impression from the foot of another dish on the floor. Standing on a low foot with beveled molding.
Faint traces of fingertips around the foot where the plate was held when dipped into the black glaze. Covered with a dense black glaze.
For related examples, cf. nos. 39-41 in: CVA Ostschweiz Ticino, Switzerland 5, pl. 43.39-41. Beazley archive vase no...

A very nice untouched Hungarian Wheellock Musketeer's powder flask, circa. 16th century. Stag horn body with wrought brass mounts.

The staghorn is engraved and there's a beautiful central medallion on the front with a geomethric hexagonal star-shaped design, especially known from Byzantine Emprire, c. 10th.-12th. cent. Beautiful patina!

Size: 14 cm. tall.

Ex...

A very attractive early powder flask, Greater Persia, shaped as the first stomach of the Camel with fine engravings, c. later 18th. century AD.

Size: 23 cm.

Condition: Intact, fine quality with preserved pattern and deep patina.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1992.

A nice early powder flask, Greater Persia, shaped as the first stomach of the Camel with fine engravings.

Size: 25 cm.

Condition: Intact, but with much patina and wear.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1992.

Black-glazed kylix of shallow curved bowl with inset lip, slightly concave on the outside. The cup is standing on a thick spreading ring foot. Dotted circle and thin red wash on the reserved bottom.
For the discussion of the type as a whole cf. pp. 101-102 in: B. Sparkes, L. Talcott. The Athenian Agora. Vol. 12. Princeton 1970.
Ceramic
Athens, Inset Lip Class, 480-470 BC
D. 15.7 cm (6.2 in)
W. over handles 21.5 cm (8.5 in)
H...

Italo-Geometric vessel with incurving rounded bowl. The thickened rim enhanced with red-brown bands and strokes. Star design on the inside floor.
Ceramic
Italo-Geometric, Etruscan, 7th century BC
D. 12.7 cm (5 in)
H. to rim 5 cm (2 in)
Intact and fine. Minor wear and chipping.
Swiss private collection, acquired in the German art market in February 2010.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.

Glazed jug of globular body and evert neck. Three raised knobs around the shoulder. Arching strap handle with tiny knobs at the topmost point, standing on a bulged base.
The upper side covered with a black glaze that turns into a red-brown in places.
For the same type, cf. vase no. 126, p. 75 in: J. W. Hayes. Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 1984.
Ceramic
Greek Campanian, 3rd century BC
H...

Glazed jugs of ovoid body and steep shoulder. Arching strap handle, standing on a flat base.
Covered with a greenish brown glaze...

Glazed jugs with flared rim lip and low strap handle. The tapering wall slightly offset from the flat base. Both jugs standing on a flat base and covered with a brownish glaze.
Marks of fingers along the belly of one item. The other jug with faint traces of fingertips around the base from dipping it into the glaze.
The shape of the larger jug connects to type 5335, from Ordona, in: Jean-Paul Morel. Céramique Campanienne: Les Formes. Rome 1981.
Ceramic
Apulian, 350-3...

A beautiful larger hammered silver bowl, Sassanian Empire, 300-600 AD.

Size: ca. 17 cm. wide and 6 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and intact, toned silver with patches of earthern cuprite encrustations that can be removed.

Ex. US Private Collection

Shabti for Psusennes II (Pasebakheniut II) Overseer

Excavated in 1940 by Pierre Montet in Tanis, tomb III

Cairo Museum, overseer JE 86959, worker JE 86958

Photo: Tanis, L’or des pharaons pg. 136-137

Origin: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom, 21st Dynasty

Date: 959 – 945 BC

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 7,0 cm.

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A fine Neck-ring or Torc, European dated to the bronzeage, c. 1500-1100 BC.

Twisted bronze collar ring from the Middle Bronze Age of Central Europe.

Size: 13,3 cm. wide.

Condition: Very fine, intact with minor corrossion and small chips to the finials.

Old German Private Collection.

A fine Viking style bronze Torc or Torque, Early medieval period, likely Baltic Vikings (Vikings or the Rus), ca. 800-1000 AD).

An open necklace, likely for a warrior, open at one end, the ring finely fluted and the terminals with dot and line geomethric decoration.

A torc, also spelled torq or torque, is a large rigid or stiff neck ring in metal, made either as a single piece or from strands twisted together.

Size: Nearly 17 cm. in diameter.

Condi...

A scarce tall stamp, Assyro-Babylonian period, probably Levantine, carved in a brown-red stone, c. 800 BC.

The seal carved with an animal.

Size: 22 mm. tall and 13 mm. wide.

Condition: Nice Very fine, some uncleaned deposits.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s,...

Interesting and rare Neo-Assyrian or Neo-babylonian double stamp seal of blue glass, early 1st. mill. BC. Size: 15 x 13 mm.

Condition: Near very fine, intact with some wear to the edges and irridescence.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old col...

Very attractive thick early geomethric style cylinder seal, carved in marble or another calsite stone, Mesopotamia, Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3300-2900 BC.

Nice substantial piece!

Size: 21 mm tall and 15 mm. thick!

Condition: Nice very fine, intact with minor wear.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and import...

A concave cylinder seal in white-beige stone. The seal is carved with an elaborate pattern of Cruciforms and lines, Mesopotamia 3300-2900 BC.

The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay. These seals guaranteed the authenticity of marked ownership: as such, they were instr...

Attractive seal, carved in green-black stone with a knob handle, Western Asia, Neo-Hittite states, c. 1200-800 BC

Triangular seal plate, engraved with a 4-legged animal, struck by an arrow. The knob handle engraved wioth grit-pattern.

Diameter: 19 mm. Height: 16 mm.

Condition: Good Very fine, intact with fine dessert patina.

Reff. See Ashmolean collection AN1914.53 for a similar style seal, attributed to Syria.

Hogarth, D.G., Hittite seals -...

A nice larger hemispheric stamp seal engraved in the base with a Cruciform design and pierced through, Mesopotamian, Ubad, c. 5th. millenium BC.

Size: c. 23 mm. and 12 mm tall.

Condition: Good Very fine.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and fr...

A nice lot of two provenanced stamp seals, Mesopotamia, Halaf period, c. 6th.-5th. millenium BC.

The seals engraved with a grit-pattern and a Cruciform.

Size: 20 x 17 mm and 25 x 18 mm.

Condition: F-VF, wear and minor chips.

This seals comes with hard impression and original ID-cards from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, ...

A nice lot of two provenanced stamp seals, Mesopotamia, Ubaid period, 5th.-4th. millenium BC.

The seals engraved with a grit-pattern and what looks to be a stylized figure (?).

Size: 19 x 17 mm and 22 x 17 mm.

Condition: F-VF, wear and minor chips.

This seals comes with hard impression and original ID-cards from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collectio...

A lovely hemispheric stamp seal engraved in the base with a Cruciform design and pierced through, Mesopotamian, Late Ubad- Early Uruk period, 4th. millenium BC.

Size: c. 20 mm.

Condition: Good Very fine.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and fr...

Shabti for Psusennes II (Pasebakheniut II) Worker

Excavated in 1940 by Pierre Montet in Tanis, tomb III

Cairo Museum, overseer JE 86959, worker JE 86958

Photo: Tanis, L’or des pharaons pg. 136-137

Origin: Egypt

Period: Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty

Date: 959 – 945 BC

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 7,0 cm.

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Thin-walled Attic skyphos with steep walls curving in at the rim. The tilted horizontal handles reserved on the inner side. Standing on a torus base, the underside enhanced with a carefully drawn dot and circle motif.
Ceramic
Greek Attic, 450-425 BC
H. 5 cm (2 in)
W. over handles 11.6 cm (4.6 in)
D. 6.9 cm (2.7 in)
Intact and fine. The brilliant black glaze worn in places.
Ex Galeria M. A. Daneu, Palermo, inv. no. Sca426. Sold April 24, 1962 – w...

Very large black-glazed skyphos with high swelling body and horizontal horseshoe handles.
The torus ring foot with carefully turned and glazed inside edge. The reserved surface with a crimson wash. Excellent brilliant black glaze.
The quality of the pottery shows the treatment of standard Attic products. J. W. Hayes refers to these as Atticizing wares, cf. pp. 43 in: Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 1984.
Ceramic

Vase of outstanding provenance, acquired in 1962, well before the UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972.
Pagenstecher lekythos showing a goose with high swung neck, massive body with distinct wing tips, and detailed feet.
The beak once rendered with white color, faint discoloration of the eye. Above the bird a dot rosette.
Ascending tendrils on the sides, a linear palmette on the back.
The decoration scheme is characteristic for the Sicilian Marianopoli-Gela Grou...

Vase of outstanding provenance, acquired in 1962, well before the UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972.
Black glazed sieve guttus with a raised molding around the perforated sieve at centre. Pairwise cannelures on the cushion-shaped body. The ring handle placed at right angles to the straight spout. Ring foot reserved underneath.
For a related example, cf. inv. no. Cp 3333 in the Louvre Museum database.
Ceramic
Greek Sicilian, 4th-3rd century BC
D. 9.6 cm (...

Three bottles with elongated foot, spindle-shaped body, and long cylindrical neck. The buging rim of two of them (foot of one) dipped into brick-brown glaze.
For similar dipped examples from Sicily, cf. Beazley Archive vase no. 1005311.
Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottles frequently found in burial contexts. Their most common use was probably as a container for oil. The unguentarium is sometimes referred to as lacrimarium (tear-container) or balsamarium (balsam-container...

A finely carved stamp seal with, Uruk period, c. 4th. mill. BC.

The round seal is carved with two mirrored animals.

Size: c. 17 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Good Very fine.

This seal comes with hard impression and COA.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp sea...

Interesting stone stamp seal found in Harran, easternmost Turkey, prior to 1991. Harran was founded as a real city at some point between the 25th and 20th centuries BC, possibly as a merchant colony by Sumerian traders from Ur. Over the course of its early history, Harran rapidly grew into a major Mesopotamian cultural, commercial and religious center.

This seal is engraved with distinctive spoked wheel in the base, so we can date as 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.
The seal finely polis...

A squat early cylinder seal in cream marble or calsite. The seal is carved with the 'eye' or circle/rhomboid form - a characteristic and significant design for the Period.

The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay. These seals guaranteed the authenticity of marked owner...

Very attractive thick early geomethric style cylinder seal, carved in marble or another calsite glossy stone, Mesopotamia, Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3300-2900 BC.

Impressive size in hand in a beautiful stone, scarce!

Size: 17 mm tall and 15 mm. thick!

Condition: Nice very fine, intact with blackish discolouration in parts.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländ...

A fine and rare late Pre-Dynastic / Late Jemdet Nasr period, Mesopotamian Cylinder seal of translucent Alabaster, early 3rd. millenium BC.

The seal carved in high relief with a fine rendering of centipedes.

Size: 28 mm. tall and c. 15 mm. thick.

Condition: Very fine, old loss at one side, othervise extremely fine. Nice patina and attractive.

OBS! Comes with the original ID card and imprint from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberlän...

Shabti for Iset Ta - Hemdjert (2)

Faience Ushabti “Iset Ta-Hemdjert” the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramses III.

Death figure with uraeus and youthful curls, as well as with remains of the eight-line surrounding inscription.

Queen “Iset Ta-Hemdjert” had at least two children, Ramses the successor to his father, and Amunherchepeschef (Ramses VI), who became king after the death of his brother and nephew (Ramses V. The grandchildren of "Iset Ta-He...

An ancient Egyptian Scaraboid, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/8” long (9 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

A large two-colored Egyptian eye of Horus amulet. Made of turquoise glazed composite, the pupil and eyebrows accentuated in dark brown. Dating c. to the 22nd to 25th Dynasties, 946 - 657 B.C. Condition: traces of age. Dimension: c. 3.3 cm long, 2 cm high, 0.5 cm thick.

Shabti for Iset Ta - Hemdjert (1)

Faience Ushabti “Iset Ta-Hemdjert” the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramses III.

Death figure with uraeus and youthful curls, as well as with remains of the eight-line surrounding inscription.

Queen “Iset Ta-Hemdjert” had at least two children, Ramses the successor to his father, and Amunherchepeschef (Ramses VI), who became king after the death of his brother and nephew (Ramses V. The grandchildren of "Iset Ta-Hemdjert...

Very tall bottle with elongated foot, tapering body, long thin neck, and bulging rim.
Ceramic
Greek, Hellenistic Period, 4th-2nd century BC
H. 25 cm (9.8 in)
Broken neck reconstituted. Some wear and accretions on the body.
Swiss private collection. Acquired in the German art market, June 2008.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.

Tall bottle with flat base, piriform body, and long cylindrical neck ending in a flared rim.
Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottles frequently found in burial contexts. Their most common use was probably as a container for oil. The unguentarium is sometimes referred to as lacrimarium (tear-container) or balsamarium (balsam-container). All three terms reflect different assumptions about their use.
Ceramic
Greek, Hellenistic Period, 4th-2nd century BC
H. 17.2 cm...

A very large and impressive Neolithic period stamp seal, provenanced to Amüg-Ebene near Antioch in Western Mesopotamia / Eastern Anatolia, c. 6th. millenium BC of even earlier.

Rectangular seal of grey stone with a long ridged pierced handle and a grit pattern in the base.

Size: 40 mm. long and 23 mm. wide, c. 12 mm. tall.

Condition: Near VF, one corner chipped, lightly affecting the imprint. With earthern deposits.

Comes with the original 1995 ID ca...

Black-glazed Apulian plate of shallow floor with three stamped palmettes at center. The flat lip, slightly curved on top.
Standing on a low foot in two degrees. Faint imprint from the foot of another dish on the floor.
Covered with a fine black glaze. The expert modeling and the application of a glossy black glaze suggest that the plate was inspired by metal examples.
Ceramic
Greek Apulian, 350-300 BC
D. 14.8 cm (5.8 in)
Intact with excellent black glaze...

Shabti for Tches-shet-Respen (4)

Origin: Egypt

Period: Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22

Date: 946/945 – 805/800 B.C

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 11,5 cm.

Provenace: Ex Emmacha collection

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An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC. It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

Shabti for Tches-shet-Respen (3)

Origin: Egypt

Period: Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22

Date: 946/945 – 805/800 B.C

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 11,5 cm.

Provenace: Ex Emmacha collection

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An extralarge bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate floral design, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Very impressive round seal depicting a flower with petals in the openwork style.

The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943....

An extralarge bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate cross designs, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Very impressive round seal with large cross-arms in the openwork style.

The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943. P. 179�...

Scarce and very important, Museum Quality, antique,16th century, Turkish Ottoman gilt copper (Tombak) Islamic saddle axe head Balta. The axe head features a flaring downward-curving blade, a central block reinforced with slender vertical ribs, and a protruding rear hammer of a square flaring section.

Each face of the axe has finely carved and engraved floral patterns, including blooming tulips and other flowers on punched ground.

The Ottomans considered tulip flowers, particularly in t...

Shabti for Tches-shet-Respen (2)

Origin: Egypt

Period: Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22

Date: 946/945 – 805/800 B.C

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 11,0 cm.

Provenace: Ex Emmacha collection

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Shabti for Tches-shet-Respen (1)

Origin: Egypt

Period: Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22

Date: 946/945 – 805/800 B.C

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 11,5 cm.

Provenace: Ex Emmacha collection

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...

Unusual 19th century Persian brass betel box with hinged cover and chiseled designs: the top with equestrian lion hunt, the bottom with a scene of a person with long scimitar slaying a man with several figures and a dog watching, the sides with friezes of various animals: lions, dogs and birds. The scenes must be a reference to some literary story. The box is in great condition, very nice earnest chiseling, the exterior with traces of lime that was part of the betel quids (a mixture of areca nut...

A large terracotta idol figurine of astarte, Syro-Hittite, dating to the mid-later period of the 3rd. millenium BC.

The pillar figure of Astarte with large round eyes and a bird-like presence. Angular shoulders and a monolithic body with her hands and delineated fingers placed over her breasts.

Size: 16 cm.

Condition: Very fine for type, the details still present with no losses, a repaired hairline through the neck, minor chips and losses

Ex. Dutch pri...

An interesting large terracotta idol figurine of either astarte or a priest´(?), Syro-Hittite, dating to the mid-later period of the 3rd. millenium BC.

The pillar figure with large round eyes with slits and applied details of mouth and beak-like nose. Angular shoulders and a monolithic body with her hands and delineated fingers placed over the breast and a necklace. The figure also wears an interesting conical cap or hat, a rarer feature for these figures.

Size: 15,8 cm. ...

A well carved intaglio seal in a black stone depicting the swirwling Sea monster Ketos, Greek or early Roman c. 2nd.-1st. cent. BC.

. The seal is set in a 22 carats (916 stamp) modern gold ring in an ancient style.

A solid 5 grams gold ring for it's smaller ringsize of only 14 mm.

Ex. Dutch Private Collection.

Two handled Amphora

twohandled amphora, black mass with applied brown-yellow thread, looks like heavily glazed clay

(see Coll. Niessen, no. 102 color plate)

Origin: Syria

Period: c. 6th - 4th Century B.C.

Material: Glass

Dimension: 5,2 cm.

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An interesting and rare stamp seal of a triangular form with a carved base and loop, Mesopotamia, c. 2nd. millenium BC.

The seal is particularly finely engraved with a horned animal and some interesting 'glyphs' in a freese above. With Egyptian inspiration and probably from the Middle Assyrian period, made close to the Egypt border.

Size: 14 x 11 mm.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Comes with Old collection card and imprint.

Provenance: Gustav...

Rare Attic red-figure cup-skyphos with draped young men.
The athletes on the left wear the spiked wreath for the winner of the torch-race and stand opposite draped youths.
Some hold a strigilis in their outstretched right hand.
The scene represents a ceremony performed after winning the torch-race.
In this type of race, a torch was passed in a relay. The goal was to finish the race with the torch still burning. As a reward the winning team was allowed to light the f...

Intriguing Daunian kyathos featuring an incurving shallow bowl and a handle that widens towards the top to form stylized horns, a tiny animal head inserted in between.
The cream-hued surface shows a delicate linear decoration, both on the handle and on the outside of the bowl.
For a kyathos from the same workshop, cf. vase no 202 in: Electa Napoli. L'Art des Peoples Italiques. Geneva 1993.
Ceramic
North Daunian, Sub Geometric II, 550-400 BC
H. to handle 10.7 c...

Daunian kyathos with wide flat floor and slightly flared rim, the tall strap handle attached at one end.
Decorated (inside and out) with bands and linear patterns in umber and brick red on a buff ground. The floor enhanced with a central flower device.
The floor of vase suffered a shrinkage crack during the drying process. The kyathos was nevertheless fired and reserved for ritual/funerary purposes.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Archive vase no. 1002425.
Ceramic...